1914 United States Senate special election in Alabama

none March 2026 September 2023 1914 United States Senate special election in Alabama Alabama presidential no 1907 United States Senate elections in Alabama 1907 May 11, 1914 x136px 1914 United States Senate election in Alabama 1914 Francis S. White.jpeg Frank White Democratic Party (US) 84,720 99.93% U.S. senator Joseph F. Johnston Democratic Party (US) Frank White Democratic Party (US) The 1914 United States Senate special election in Alabama took place on May 11, 1914. U.S. Senator Joseph F. Johnston died on August 8, 1913, and a special election was held to fill the remainder of his term until the regular election on November 3, 1914. The Democratic primary took place on April 6, 1914, and Birmingham attorney Frank White won the Democratic primary in a landslide over Montgomery attorney Ray Ruston and State Senator Watt T. Brown. White was unopposed in the general election, and was elected as such. He did not run in the regular election. Democratic primary Candidates Frank White, Birmingham attorney, former Mississippi State Representative Ray Rushton, Montgomery attorneyPress Club Proves Political Mecca for the Visitors Birmingham Post-Herald Birmingham, Alabama 1914-03-04 https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-post-herald/174557893/ 5 2025-06-15 Watt T. Brown, State SenatorSt. Clair Man Goes in for Senatorial Honor The Birmingham News Birmingham, Alabama 1914-03-06 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-news/167175849/ 1 2025-06-15 Results Democratic primary results1915 Statistical Register 408–09 PDF pp. 412–13 Frank White Democratic Party (United States) 81,482 59.75% Ray Rushton Democratic Party (United States) 43,949 32.23% Watt T. Brown Democratic Party (United States) 10,931 8.02% 136,362 100.00% General election 1914 United States Senate special election in Alabama1915 Statistical Register 364–65 PDF pp. 368–69 Democratic Party (United States) Frank White 84,720 99.93% 58 0.07% 84,778 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) References Sources Owen Thomas M. Alabama Department of Archives and History Alabama Official and Statistical Register 1915 1915 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hl2gsy&seq=5 1915 Statistical Register 1914 sp Alabama special United States Senate special Alabama 1914 United States Senate 1914 Alabama 1914 Category:Single-candidate United States Senate elections